In the past few weeks I receive a lot of question, about what is the difference between Baking Soda and Baking powder? So I decide to write a short blog about the difference between the Baking soda and Baking powder. Baking soda and Baking powder are both leavening agents. When included in a batter, the leavening agent causes air bubbles to expand when cooked. This causing it to rise. Baking soda Baking soda is a pure leavening agent. It needs to be mixed with moisture and an acidic ingredient for the necessary chemical reaction to take place to make food rise. Because it needs an acid to create the rising quality, it is often used in recipes where there is already an acidic ingredient present, such as lemon juice, chocolate, buttermilk or honey. For example you use baking soda to bake a Red Velvet cake. One of the ingredients to make Red Velvet cake is buttermilk. Baking powder Baking powder , which contains bicarbonate of soda, comes pre-mixed with the acidic
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